And then go over the EFI boot partition, and find some way to compare the firmware with the file from the manufacturer's site. If they have been compromised, don't pass up the chance to document exactly how it was done.
The heart's fatal (literally) flaw is in its own blood supply. Lots of critical points - if either coronary artery is blocked, failure will occur immediately. Likewise for all of their branches. That's a common failure mode. A better-designed heart would be able to operate if any single component failed, though perhaps at a reduced capacity until the patient could be hurried to hospital for repair.
Yes, in theory. But even long term it's high risk, because in the event it did grow to that level of popularity it would likely become subject to strict government regulation or outright prohibition. It wouldn't be stable in the same way as other currencies though - it's intentionally deflationary in nature, which has some serious economic implications. Good for savers, but it'd make obtaining credit near-impossible. Credit, though it can be a source of disaster when overused, is also essential for economic growth. If it did somehow take over, it wouldn't be an economic panacea. It'd just eliminate current problems and bring in new ones.
I don't want polticians to think outside the box. I want them to settle down and focus on actually keeping their countries running smoothly, rather than constantly trying to rebuild society to their own ideals. As soon as one set of reforms is finished, power changes hands and a new regime is announced to undo the reforms and impose new ones.
It'll become real money when enough people start accepting it for goods.
Though if that happened, it'd also become a tax-evasion, embargo-busting, money-laundering criminals' dream. Government would have no option but to intervene and regulate, putting everything right back where it started.
Perhaps you should ask instead why people would *want* to damage central banking and money issuing banks. The current financial system is working, but it's also unpredictable, arbitary, openly if legally corrupt and easily abused by those in a position to do so. It's no surprise that a lot of people are coming to resent this, and are so desperate for an alternative they'll look even to something as anarchic as bitcoin.
I'd make a few improvements myself too. Like installing sphincters on the brachial and femoral arteries that can constrict in the event of extreme trauma. It would substantially improve survival rate in serious accidents.
One heart can be enough, but it'd better be a very reliable heart. No single points of failure where a clot or blockage can cause the whole thing to shut down.
7) Secret government lab. 8) Giant iron-nickel core of an ancient meteor. 9) Broken cutting head. 10) The NSA tunneling machine busy tapping fiber cables. 11) An molecule-exact duplicate of the USS Eldridge. 12) Gandalf.
The plan was for that approach to fuel early adoption, but for the increasing difficulty of mining BTC to eventually lead it to stableise as a means of transaction. We're due to see if that works soon - mining is growing increasingly uneconomic. If it doesn't start getting used for commonplace transactions, it's going to quickly fall back into obscurity.
The problem here is that the powers a government needs in order to fight organised crime are very similar to the powers a government needs to fight political dissidents and activists. You cannot have a government capable of doing one but not the other.
The problem people have with libertarians is that they can't see any exceptions to those ideas. They don't trust government, yes, and to be fair government is not something to be trusted - but they seem to ignore that there are other problems in the world too, and government is the best tool we have for keeping them in check. Things like crime, environmental destruction, unfair business practices, extreme economic inequality and lack of healthcare availability. The libertarian approach is so opposed to a government presence, it'd rather accept all those than empower a government to combat them.
I imagine anonymiser services would emerge. They may operate like this: 1. Service gives you a set of destination addresses. 2. Transfer all your money there. 3. On a timer, all the money from those wallets goes into a common 'pot.' 4. 97-102% of the money gets credited to your account. You need a little randomness to get in the way of analysis, and a mean difference slightly below 0 to cover running costs. 5. When you're ready, or when the account is full enough, send the service the address of your own wallet and the money comes back to you.
A question that can only be answered once we see how bitcoin is used in real transactions. Right now the main users are speculators, businesses accepting it for promotional value, enthusiasts and the underground economy.
... and thank you, you just solved the problem of a corrosion-resistant terminal for my flash-boil steam-cannon project. Now I just need gold and the toxic warm cynide of a gold plating bath.
To eBay! For chemicals and a robot arm, because I don't want to go anywhere near a gold plating rig.
That network is mostly devoted to finding new coins for profit. It's a fraction of what you'd need to just run transactions. Though I do share your concern that bitcoin may become computationally impractical if it grew to widespread casual use.
You're then proclaiming to anyone who uses your connection that you went to the trouble of selecting 'porn mode.' That's asking for awkwardness when friends/family/co-workers/girlfriend visit. It could even have legal implications in things like divorce or child custody - if the ex wishes to paint you as a dirty perv, that gives them the ammunition to do so.
Plus there are lots of over-eighteens who still live with the parents, with the cost of living as high as it is these days. I'm in my late twenties, and had to move back in because my crappy IT technician job could barely pay the rent and utilities. Lots of people in my situation not looking forward to having to go to our parents and ask 'May I have the porn, please?'
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And then go over the EFI boot partition, and find some way to compare the firmware with the file from the manufacturer's site. If they have been compromised, don't pass up the chance to document exactly how it was done.
They probably weren't expecting someone who memorises the placement of every pen and paperclip on their desk just in case this happens.
"AuthenticAMD"
I'm struck by an image of the AMD logo materializing a hand just to give the finger to GenuineIntel.
The heart's fatal (literally) flaw is in its own blood supply. Lots of critical points - if either coronary artery is blocked, failure will occur immediately. Likewise for all of their branches. That's a common failure mode. A better-designed heart would be able to operate if any single component failed, though perhaps at a reduced capacity until the patient could be hurried to hospital for repair.
Yes, in theory. But even long term it's high risk, because in the event it did grow to that level of popularity it would likely become subject to strict government regulation or outright prohibition. It wouldn't be stable in the same way as other currencies though - it's intentionally deflationary in nature, which has some serious economic implications. Good for savers, but it'd make obtaining credit near-impossible. Credit, though it can be a source of disaster when overused, is also essential for economic growth. If it did somehow take over, it wouldn't be an economic panacea. It'd just eliminate current problems and bring in new ones.
I don't want polticians to think outside the box. I want them to settle down and focus on actually keeping their countries running smoothly, rather than constantly trying to rebuild society to their own ideals. As soon as one set of reforms is finished, power changes hands and a new regime is announced to undo the reforms and impose new ones.
It'll become real money when enough people start accepting it for goods.
Though if that happened, it'd also become a tax-evasion, embargo-busting, money-laundering criminals' dream. Government would have no option but to intervene and regulate, putting everything right back where it started.
Perhaps you should ask instead why people would *want* to damage central banking and money issuing banks. The current financial system is working, but it's also unpredictable, arbitary, openly if legally corrupt and easily abused by those in a position to do so. It's no surprise that a lot of people are coming to resent this, and are so desperate for an alternative they'll look even to something as anarchic as bitcoin.
I'd make a few improvements myself too. Like installing sphincters on the brachial and femoral arteries that can constrict in the event of extreme trauma. It would substantially improve survival rate in serious accidents.
One heart can be enough, but it'd better be a very reliable heart. No single points of failure where a clot or blockage can cause the whole thing to shut down.
The turbine devices would be great for confusing first-aid people.
"I can't feel a pulse!"
Yes, but it's not polite to acknowledge them right now. Once the legacy of racism is well and truely over, then there will be no need for the taboo.
17) Atlantis
18) Giant 'Made in China Galaxy' label.
7) Secret government lab.
8) Giant iron-nickel core of an ancient meteor.
9) Broken cutting head.
10) The NSA tunneling machine busy tapping fiber cables.
11) An molecule-exact duplicate of the USS Eldridge.
12) Gandalf.
Yes yes yes! Finally someone else who sees how important Retroshare could be, if only more were aware of it.
Try Retroshare. Same idea, much better implementation.
We already have this program.
It's called Retroshare.
WASTE has been largely replaced by Retroshare. Same intent, but it's much less buggy and more capable.
The plan was for that approach to fuel early adoption, but for the increasing difficulty of mining BTC to eventually lead it to stableise as a means of transaction. We're due to see if that works soon - mining is growing increasingly uneconomic. If it doesn't start getting used for commonplace transactions, it's going to quickly fall back into obscurity.
The problem here is that the powers a government needs in order to fight organised crime are very similar to the powers a government needs to fight political dissidents and activists. You cannot have a government capable of doing one but not the other.
The problem people have with libertarians is that they can't see any exceptions to those ideas. They don't trust government, yes, and to be fair government is not something to be trusted - but they seem to ignore that there are other problems in the world too, and government is the best tool we have for keeping them in check. Things like crime, environmental destruction, unfair business practices, extreme economic inequality and lack of healthcare availability. The libertarian approach is so opposed to a government presence, it'd rather accept all those than empower a government to combat them.
I imagine anonymiser services would emerge. They may operate like this:
1. Service gives you a set of destination addresses.
2. Transfer all your money there.
3. On a timer, all the money from those wallets goes into a common 'pot.'
4. 97-102% of the money gets credited to your account. You need a little randomness to get in the way of analysis, and a mean difference slightly below 0 to cover running costs.
5. When you're ready, or when the account is full enough, send the service the address of your own wallet and the money comes back to you.
A question that can only be answered once we see how bitcoin is used in real transactions. Right now the main users are speculators, businesses accepting it for promotional value, enthusiasts and the underground economy.
... and thank you, you just solved the problem of a corrosion-resistant terminal for my flash-boil steam-cannon project. Now I just need gold and the toxic warm cynide of a gold plating bath.
To eBay! For chemicals and a robot arm, because I don't want to go anywhere near a gold plating rig.
That network is mostly devoted to finding new coins for profit. It's a fraction of what you'd need to just run transactions. Though I do share your concern that bitcoin may become computationally impractical if it grew to widespread casual use.
You're then proclaiming to anyone who uses your connection that you went to the trouble of selecting 'porn mode.' That's asking for awkwardness when friends/family/co-workers/girlfriend visit. It could even have legal implications in things like divorce or child custody - if the ex wishes to paint you as a dirty perv, that gives them the ammunition to do so.
Plus there are lots of over-eighteens who still live with the parents, with the cost of living as high as it is these days. I'm in my late twenties, and had to move back in because my crappy IT technician job could barely pay the rent and utilities. Lots of people in my situation not looking forward to having to go to our parents and ask 'May I have the porn, please?'